Saturday, 11 May 2013

VIRTUAL BOX AND GUEST OPERATING SYSTEM


Are you using windows and also want to use features of ubuntu or linux or any 
other operating system without actually installing it here is the solution .

VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualisation product for enterprise 
as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available 
as Open Source Software
Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and Solaris hosts and 
supports a large number of guest operating systemsincluding but not limited to 
Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7), DOS/Windows 3.x, 
Linux (2.4 and 2.6), Solaris and OpenSolaris, OS/2, and OpenBSD.
How to install it ->
You can simply download setup depending on your operating system from its website 
www.virtualbox.org 
How to use it  ->
you need an iso file for the guest operating system you want to use. For ubuntu or linux you can get the iso file over net . now you need to mount this iso file with the help of virtual box and
 now can setup your virtual machine by giving it some name and specifying space and ram it will use .



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